Rail Analysis India March 2018 Digital Magazine

Article | 185 New Technologies GLOBAL SURVEY SPECIALIST, FUGRO, BRINGING THE RAILWAY NETWORK TO DESKTOP S Hyperloop- The Solution to India's Transport Woes? Image Credit: linkedin Image Credit: Fugro taggering growth in rail passenger numbers over the last two decades has triggered major investment by Indian Railway towards development and maintenance of infrastructure. This, in turn, has created the need for access to detailed and accurate rail asset data by Railway Management for effective decision- making. line speed (i.e. up to 200 km/h) without restricting the regular services. Fugro’s RILA system yield hundreds of kilometres of accurate survey data per day, a rate that could not be contemplated using traditional terrestrial techniques. RILA’s mantra is to ‘collect once and use many times’ providing route-wide capabilities that offers strategic efficiencies and new insights for predictive maintenance, helping to increase the lifespan of assets. Working closely with various rail/train operators globally, Fugro specialists are adapting to/developing the latest survey technology – principally based around LiDAR/laser, radar and video methods - for train-mounted collection of asset information. Fugro’s stride has resulted in developing a unique trainborne data collection system – RILA, which captures all information of track and surrounding in 3D environment. The acquired data can be used for many applications including absolute track position for pre-renewal design, post- renewal as-built information, input for alignment, input for OHE, correction data for tampers and verification of 6ft track distances, determining railhead wear, track gauge, twist and cant. Fugro’s RILA system is unique in the world. It measures absolute track position and geometry to engineering specification accuracy, simultaneously incorporating georeferenced video to record track assets. Compact and transportable, it connects to the rear of a regular passenger train in less than two minutes and surveys the rail tracks at Fugro’s in-house developed algorithms enable us to create a highly accurate 3D virtual model of the railway corridor, from which a variety of operational, safety and comfort parameters can be reported. This information is delivered to clients via a web-based RILA Portal, where clients can remotely view, inspect and analyse assets for engineering and maintenance operations. www.railanalysis.com 186 | Article New Technologies Author Mr. Shashank Gupta Student at Indian Institute of Management, Indore Article Source: Shashank Gupta O ver the past few years, India has wi

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